I drove the manual and the Tiptronic...
I bought the Tiptronic..
as did other guys I know...
Im not saying the Tiptronic is better than the Manual or vise versa,
but for all - round use (from 5kph bumper to bumper traffic, to fun twisty bits of open road, to the strip or track)
I found the tiptronic to be more suited to what I wanted.
And I think the manuals I had driven may have been thrashed, as the Tiptronic was definately faster than the two manuals...
(however than was more likely due to the extra special bits from japan in the tiptronic...